You're listening to the Jeff Kaven Show episode 231. Should Catholics attend Protestant Bible studies?

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So has anybody invited you to their Bible study at work or in the neighborhood?

And you find out that it's a Protestant Bible study? And then the first thing you do is go online and start asking questions like,

should I go there? Should I be a part of that? What will happen to me if I attend? Is it permissible?

Well, let's talk about that today because that's one of the chief questions that I get via email and online social media.

Is people asking, should I be a part of a Protestant Bible study? And I'm going to answer that for you in just a couple of minutes here.

And then I'm going to give you seven points that I think are really important to consider if you are going to be a part of a Protestant Bible study.

Now the first thing that I would say to you is that if you have not had a good Catholic Bible study, that should be the first order of business.

And I would suggest to you that you get the Great Adventure Bible study.

Now the Great Adventure Bible study is different than most studies in that it takes into consideration the entire story from Genesis to Revelation.

What I've done is put together a study that will help you understand the complete narrative from Genesis to Revelation.

Now this comes in two forms. It comes in the form of eight half hour sessions called unlocking the mystery of the Bible, complete with workbook and so forth, Bible timeline chart.

And then the granddaddy of them all, the Great Adventure Bible timeline, which is 24 one hour sessions where I take you in 24 hours through the entire Bible.

And it's pretty thorough. So that would be the first order of business before I can even answer that question. Yes or no, should you attend a Protestant Bible study.

Okay, before I tell you some of these things, I do have a number of scriptures and some wonderful citations from the Catechism.

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I want to write that down. And you can't because you're in traffic. You shouldn't because you're in traffic, but we did for you.

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